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Sanders has said he doesn’t support the violence or death threats, but he’s not actually doing anything to reign in his supporters.
With Bernie Sanders winning OR on Tuesday, a lot of people are really feeling the “Bern” while others definitely aren’t!
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, who discussed the convention uproar with Sanders, told CNN Tuesday that “Bernie should say something – not have some silly statement”.
Even though there are a few primaries left, the Democrats will now focus on the most important of them all, from California, scheduled for June 7, where 475 delegates will be available. It marks her first run for the post she inherited early past year when Gov. John Kitzhaber stepped down.
Clinton holds a commanding lead of almost 300 pledged delegates over Sanders and a dominant advantage among party officials and elected leaders known as superdelegates.
“Meanwhile, he’s raising issues that I care about, he’s raising issues Vermonters care about”, Shumlin says. He added that “before we will have the opportunity to defeat Donald Trump we’re going to have to defeat Secretary Clinton”.
In the aftermath of the chaos in Nevada state party convention on Saturday, a growing number of Democrats have grown fearful that if Sanders continues his candidacy, it could provoke a tumultuous and ugly party convention in July, giving presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump a leg up headed into the general election.
The race in Kentucky was too close to call, but Clinton wrote on her Twitter feed: “We just won Kentucky!” “I don’t think the voters are ready for this race to be over”. “I’m getting to like the West Coast”, Sanders declared.
In Kentucky-a state Clinton won in 2008 by over 35 percent-the former Secretary of State barely eked out a victory, gaining 0.5 percent more votes than Sanders. “Fox will release further debate details as appropriate, given that only one of the two candidates has accepted our debate invitation so far”, Bill Sammon, Fox News vice president and Washington managing editor, said in a statement. When superdelegates are included, Mrs Clinton’s lead grows to 2,291 to Mr Sanders’ 1,528.
Clinton, who won the February 20 caucus with 52.6% of the vote, picked up seven more pledged delegates at the convention, and Sanders gained five.
Because of Republican efforts to stop the Trump juggernaut, OR gained national attention for the unusual role it could’ve played in the presidential primary season. They agreed that Cruz would not campaign in OR and New Mexico, and Kasich would stand aside for Cruz in Indiana.
The plan flopped nearly immediately.
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Kasich made one visit to OR after the pact was made, and his trip generated little enthusiasm.
